The Sun. — London, England, 1808-07-02 00:00:00

• .--.14MER1C.4. The contest between the AlinAterial 4nd Opposi tion Parties in England has nee er been carried to so , rr. a length as in The debates relatite to the Or, ders of Council. To that measure they attribute the o which ha , : been laid in the United States.— Each party entertains a different opinion of the sub- Jed, and their contention; have been attended with n asperity hitherto. unequalled. They certainly, however, cannot entertain the idea that our Govern which. has been administered with the greatest caution, would have adopted a measure fraught with consequences of so serious a nature,. upon the mere *intelligence of an individual meichatel who believed that he was possessed of official information relative to the Orders of Council. they; however, perceiv ed, that by attributing a measure, - which atids so deeply the majority of their nation, to decrees which can be so easily revoked, that the nation . will in some degree be. satisfied with their proceedings, and a temporary calm be produded, which illusion must ere now have been dissipated. But at this period, unfortunately, the repeal of those Orders ould not be satisladory. to our - Government, and, in fad, would, be _of no advantage fo us, unless France also would ad in a similar manner, and would co:;fine herself within the bounds of moderation and juslice.• The situation of those two Powers is of so .- delicate a .nature, and their arrangement of this im portant objed would be attended with so many in trinsic ditfi. Wiles, that although the interdidion of our.dired trade is an ad of the highest injustice, yet we cannot hope that a speedy termination will be put to the grievances imposed by those Billigerents.— (L'Orade cod New York Daily Advertiser) • The foiloWing is an Extract from the Answer* made *by Mr. JgiFEIiSON, the American President, to an Address, approving of. the late.einbargo : " Bat the ocean, which, -like the air, is the c::minon birth-right of mankind, is arbitrarily wrest ed from us, and maxims, consecrated, by time, by usage, and an'unusual sense of 'right, are trampled on by superior force." Again—" There can be no cnestion_ in a mind truly American, whether it is best to send Citizens and property into certain cap tivity; and then wage war for their recovery, or to keep them at home, and to turn seriously to that . policy which plants the manuladurer and husband man side by side, and establishes at the doorof every one that exchange of mutual labours and comforts which we have. hitherto sought in distant regions, and under perpetual risk of broil with . them." EXTRACT OF A LETTER RECEIVED FROM AN INTEL•• LIGENT GENTLEMAN IN AMERICA; DATED MAY 6. My fears are every day realizing in all I have hitherto written you; the .embargo is a scourge be-; . yond example in thr history of a commercial country. The Yate Supplementary A.Cts of the same title, press 56 deeply and _so severely on• the people,. that they mot soot produce lnipertant consequences, both public and individual, as there does not appear any disposition'in the Government to relax their opera-; tion, and the people . in the States bordering on..the .British Provinces have openly refused to obey its precepts; in others they haVe refused to adMit the operation of the law in civil aCtions, and . the Sheriffs bate repeavdty had horses killed under them, and themselves badly wounded. " The Revenue Officers in the Slate of Vermont have explicitly stated to Government the impossi bility of carrying the Embargo Aet into fhll force, and it is in contemplation to arm the Militia to en force it, which will be equally inefficacious. The towns are . becoming every day more and more gloomy, the .streets aiipear to - have so little . businesS passing, that I could fancy myself walking through them an hour before sun-rise; but it is impossible things can remain lOng 2.0 without a change in the GOVertiment, or the people. • " I can only. advise you not to make any:ship ments here on credit, till things or measures here art changed - ; however disposed„there is not means eicisting to make remittance except in British Go verttient Bills, and those liable to- forgery; what -may be called good private bills are at Id percent. premium, and rising.. . " As to war against Great Britain, it is out of the , irestion. We are no way prepared; even for de fensive, much less for offensive measures of war, nor have 'we means that could be resorted to for that purpose, without an absolute change in the Govern ment. 'Yours will do every thing you wish by doing nothing against us. Time, and the feelings of the country, will speak more emphatically to the reason of men, than awaking them by atis of irritation, which I beiieve the British Government are not at present disposed to adopt. At present the federate' and republican parties are so nearly balanced, that little is to be apprehended from violence of collisions. The Utopian ideas of our Ruler - of bringing the coun trY to a renunciation of commerce and substitution •of agriculture, may end with him as it did with the projector of that fancied form of perfe& Govern ment. I have received' private inforMation' from Ca,. nada, that very large supplies of flour and provision' ere shipping at "Montreal and Quebec, to.be sent to the West lnd;es, as soon as the St. Laurence is na vigable."' Since the harvest began, a.crowd of idle fellows have been in the praalice daily, bit particularly. .on Sundays, of annoying all people passing through the fields above Nary-le -bone, by' throwing hay on them, and, under this appearance of play, to rob them. Last Sunday this was carried to a most scan dalous excess. Females we:.e the chief objeas of their wanton attack ; and when their, friends at teinpted to rescue them, they were themselves at taCked and robbed. The Police Officers attended, yesterday a man of the of Pritchard was examined at the Marlbotough-street Office, charged by Mr. Poland, a respectable tradesman, with a vio lent assault, when he interfered to save a. female from the fury 'of the mob. The prisoner was corn, nutted, and warrants issued against others of the of 4 fenders. On themight of yesterday se'nnight two shots were fi ed at die centinal stationed at the Gunpowder ;.d.igdzine at Glasgow, by some villain, for whoSe a vehension the Lord Provost has offered a reward ) tit) guineas. D tik'Eth CLU 01 ,-. noxp WIG IL Yilittt never, has been.a Peerage, the claims to which invoh4ed in greater doubts and clitliculiies than that of .the arious Pretenders to the Dukedom r and estates of R;o - xburgh. At the decease of John, Duke of Roxbur- I .:h, a very few years ago, the male line ceased. e. was_ great grandson of that unfor tunate Earl of Roxburgh who perished under the I reign of char! es U. when James,' Duke of York, afterwards Kitt' James 11. was shipwrecked in one of the Royal . 1 :achts,-op the Lemou and 03r - Sand, not far from Kl .2rwick. The Duke was'accused, pfo 7 'bably without, reason, of leaving the Earl of Rox, lrargh, and mid iy other persons of rank, to the mercy of the waves,• \Tilde he saved his priests and his dogs in the boat. ''.lt is certain that the Earl went down in the Yacht.. • Lord Belle.i.lden,a Scotch Peer,distantly related to , John, Dike of Roxburgh, on his death assumed the itle ; apt id his assumption or claim was tacitly acknowledge •d, not having been called in question. Yet it is cen :ain that John, Dukesof Roxburgh ; in clined to bet ieve, that with himself the right to 'the Ducal dignity either expired, or devolved, according to the term 3 of the original patent of creation by Queen Ati lie, 1707,, to his twu sisters in succession, the Ladies Essex and Mary Ker. They are still living ; and it was the "opinion of the late Earl of Rosslyn, hat Lady Essex Ker, the eldest of them, had the best pretensions to the Peerage, on her brother's 'decease. But, whether-to the Dukedom, 'or to the Earldom of Roxburgh, may .form another legal question. She, neither, however, assumed either of those titles, nor contested LOrd Belleaden's . Dukedoyn. But it is possible that the House of Lords may determine her Ladyship to be.the'rignt fill claimant. There are two - others, General Ker, and Si!: James lnnes Ker, who assert a right, to it.— Amote complicated case has not, during many years, 'come before the House of Peers. . • _ made_ stated, that :gr. .Bra 4 lo.vz„te ha I purcni: some years since, an estate, st,bjett to a m0rt :. ,;,,..;d of 6001. to a "Mr. Lurington ; and he emplup , (iMr, Joseph Kay as his Attorney, to reixibe the'ren:s, • .and pay Of the mortgage with the money thus ob tained. Unforttin,nety that aetnieman only per formed the first part of his duty, and.negh47ted to do. the last, and, dying afterwar,is, Mr. Biai!hwaite t to. his treat stfprise, t-i.unit that the inortga;e still existed undischarged. Under these circumstancec t .' application . was wade to Mr. Kay, the sort of the . deceased, who promised to deliver up the deeds, •and pay ihe money which was due, and.then r 5 - 7, comhiended - Mr. Pember to 'Mr Braithwaite, as - a . persOn on WhOse ilonesty he night clepeod. Soi time since it was discovered.that Mr. Kay rind Mr y -,Pdtuber played into each, other's hand, and they , refused to deliver up the deeds of the estate, ottle , ;,S,. Mr. Braithwaite signed a yeleaSe tor the ~ .vhole of thf; money then due. This request might perhaps, tir„,.. Mr. Pember, be 'extretneiy Modest; but the Coot"; ." would not consider it very reasbnal;!e. , Mr. fOseph, , Kay, the father, the Learned Counsel believed, Lau died in. the gaol to which his sun s was now Cop.._ signed. Lord ELLENBOtiOUGH—" There does not ;!ppear in the first instance to be ground making Mr. Pember appear personally More the Court." 'The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then - ,applied that tlie: service of this 'Rule upon Mr. liay might dered sutlic;ent service upun Mr. Penther, as the latter Gentlentan was never to bei found, ails; re.. fused, upon application, to disclose the place of residence. As for 'Mr. Kay, he was in the Kin's Bench, and a watraut ,for felony had been i,;;..atl: against hitn. The Court granted the,le,to sinew cause. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Ti:URSDAY, lUNt 211. The SOLICITOI-GENERAL moved, that the Pay masters might be admitted to authenticate tIT ac- 4 counts of their Offices before the . Commissioners of Public Accounts, without being under the necessiry I of producing certain vouchers which were stated to be lost. The 39 Geo. HI. c. 83, recited, that the ; Paymasters' Accounts should be vet ified by the Ac countant . General 'with the Pay-Office, before one of the Barons of the Exchetpler, and three mii-loners. By the 4'6 Geo: 111. c.bB,•Sea• 8, tii Paymaster was to transmit the Accounts to the Com-_ ,A; missioners for auditing the P u bli c A ccounts , a f ter which a quietus was to be issmtd.. ..This motion was supported by an affidavit of the Paymaster-General:as to the rats; and by otters, of Isaac Barre, representative of Colonel Barr 6, .and Mary Burke, representative. of Edmund Burke. It' . was stated in the affidavit of the Paymaster-General, that the Commissioners had required Vie vouchers, but they could not be found ; and, as the excuse for not producing them, it was alleged, that in Fe bruary, 1797, it was discoiered that a seri - sint of the , . Pay-Off ;e had -stolen them, and sod them for waste-paper . to shopkeepirs and others, and they had produced to him no less a sum than 2001. 'When ' this was known, applicaion was made to Magis trates, and orders were giver! to the Bow-street Of ficers 'to use their utmost diligence to recover these - vouche'rs ; but only a very seuJll portion of them were obtained. The accounts - made - our - far - the Impettion of the CoMmissioners, were said to be correct statements from the books kept in the Pay-office; and it was sworn that thedisbursetnents - healed, were, to the best of the Deponent's knowledge,, actual payments for the account of the Paymaster-General, iu the - amounts, and at the times specified, ' Mr. Baron TuomrsoN.—" Is the Clerk alive who made the entries in the books, Which entries, it is t , o be presumed, .were supplied irorn the vouchers them selves ?" • The SOLICITOR GENERAL.---" I am' afraid the person is 'not alive. lam not sore that the books would not be evidence. Public bookS, kept at the time, were held to be so 'on Lord Nielville's They might be evidence, and yet not be Vouchers.— The object of the motion is only toenable the Com missioners to receive as evidence. the best substitute for these vouchers." TheCntßF BAReNT.- g i Does it appear that the man who sold these vouchets was itr the office at ►he time they were so diSposed of ?"' The SOLICITOR GENERAL—" I apprehendony Lord, there can be no doubt about that. The Rule, it granted, 1 suppoSe, must be served upon the At torney General, and upon the Commissioncrs." Rule to shew cause granted. BIRT II Yesterday, at his house in IVld ,, chester-square, the' Lady of lames Langtiain, Esy. ola Sin. -, . . MAR R fED. . On Thursday l ast , at Cam , Camberwell, Surrey, the Rev. Frod- ,:. sham ,Hodsili., B.D. bell o w o f Br.ize Nose College, Ox- i 1 lord, to Miss Dawson, elde s t d aug h ter o f John Dawson, Esq. i 1 of Mossley-hill, near Liverpool. Yesterday morning, John Bache, Esq. of IVykcr, near BeAvnorrli, to Miss Ann Hasletvood, of Bridgnorth. e,it - D On Saturday the zstli lilt. in the Circus, Crcenoich, Eli zabeth, the wtte of Captain bolui Reid, of the Royal went of Artillery. On Monday last, at Greenwich, Lichtenant-General Wil— liam Borthwick, of the Royal'A rtdlery, aged 76. On Wednesday • last, at his house, St. Mary Hill, Robert Jones, Esq. Brandy-mer hant. • . Yesterday, at the Vicarage-House, Chiswick, in the Cows— ty • f Middlesex, the Rev. James Trebeck, aged So. Lately, at Roseyards, near Ballymotty, the Rev. John , Tennent, at the advanced age of 82, and upwards ot Pastor of the Seceding Congregati , n of that place. I) rind' this long period he n r dvappointed his congregation of av : sermon, nor was prevented troni.,preaching, by sickness on, otherwise, even for a single Sabbatn. On Friday sennight, at Sutton, near Hull, George Ry-- . stop, at Out-pensioner of Chelsea, who was at the battles of Dettingen and CullOden, and at the taking of Belleisle. This' veteran, who thrice gave up his pension to be serviceable to• his King and Country, was thirteen times married, and had, six ot his wives living at one tune. PRICE OF Ysaxx STOCKS RDAY. India Stock, India Bonds, 35.25. dis. E.xchequer kills, par, 3s. pr. 017111411 n, 2 4 pr. s 1 imperial 3 per Cent. 67* Bank tor Opening, 24i Cuns. for 'red inst. by: 7a 69/ Balk Stock, Navy S per Cent. shut 4 per Cent. 84 I 3 per Cent. Red. 68 3 per Cent. Con. shut . Ann. 18i it. I6ths Ditto Short Ann. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-A-10k— kOW, Morning, 22 min. after 9. j Afternoon, 59 min. after 9. MONDAY. Morning, 16 min, after to. I Afternoon, 14 min after rr; LONDON : Printed by KtooARD HaRRISi of No. 4, Martlett•court, Bow -street ; anti pub:ishei by WILLIAM ARMIGER SCRIPPS, S Uth 10(1ton-street. Grosvenor-square; „At the SuN-OFFICE No, 112 Strand; where Advo tiseinents, Orders ror the Pabe7. 1 rt trrs forthe Editor, &c, (host -paid) must be addressed. FREE-111‘1S0 NS. On Monday, the Atltient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons, under sanction of his • Grace the Duke of .Anfor.., ceieuratecl their Festival of Se. John'theißaptist. This august and magnifi cent: ceremony, had, for some years, been wisely dispensed with, from a' desire of avoiding even the pretence of suspicion, although their Meetings, under certain restrictions, have been permitted by. the Le gislature, even during the severity of the edition Bills. They converted at - ten o'clock,.7at White . Conduit-,house Gardens, Penionville, whence they proceeded. in grand proeesSi:m, attended by the Grand Officers, with the different insignia of the • Order,, to the number of aboiit twelve huadred, amidst an innumerable concourse of spectators, io St. Mary's:Church, Islington, - where a most eloquent and itnpressiVe Sermon vvaspreached on toe occasion,. by the Grand Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. BA Ltit Y. Tire budrof the church was completely the Mem bers of the Order, and the beners7displayed in. the gallerfes, which was distinguished by the best com pany cf both .sexes,and - had very.pleasing effect. The Fraternity afterwards proceeded in reversed order of precession, attended as before, with several full bands of excellent music, aedwit If waving stand ards, distinguishing the different Lodges, to High , bury Tavern, lilington, where a suitable dinner was provided. The evening was spent - with that liar . molly and decorum so highly characteristic of the Institution. Although the multitude of spettators were 'immense, such was the order preserved, owing • to the etcellyhtprecaution.aduptett by the Managers' of the Festival, that. not tile . least.viulation, of public tranquillity took place, The fact of the Marquis Socorato (better known by .'the tide of General . SOLANCi) having fallen a viElim to the popular vengeance, •seedis to be un doubted. The circumstances attending this event are thus described :,-- " Immediately after the final termination of the negotiation between General SPENCER, Admiral PURVIS, and Socoitno, and the receipt of the final answer of the latter to the dispatch sent into Cadiz by a flag of •'truce, a Bando (or Proclamation) ivas issued, forbidding all intercourse between the inha bitants of-Cadiz and the British Fleet, on pain of death. In defiance; however, of this Proclamation, the intercourse - continued, and two Merchants of Cadiz were apprehended, _and ordered by SOCORRO to be executed ; and without much ceremony the sentence was carried into effed. The people of Cadiz, on being informed Of the affair, instantly Called. for vengeance. They pursued SOCORRO to the house of DON PILZANA, at Chiclana, a village about three leagues from Cadiz, surrounded the house,, and demanded the person of SOCORRO. The Marquis soon appeared; he was instantly seized,, and without ceremony put to death.. In the spade of a few minutes be was literally cut to pieces; and his heart was exhibited to the people as that of an un worthy Spaniard, and infamous traitor." SOCOR RO was not only Governor at Cadiz, but of the whole Province of Andalusia ; and hence, if the above statement be correo, it is t;'ighly probable apt his death may have produced the most important consequences at Cadii, and that the British Fleet" may long ere this 1 ave obtained possession of the . French Squadron in that harbour. Thursday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. :Scot - Cr) plumber, in MOunt-street, jumped out of a two-pair of stairs window, and fell on the iron railing in front of the house. He was suspend ed from one of the spikes by-the thigh 'his head was much butt by dashing against the wall ; there are no hopes 'of his recovery. He had been for some, time in a state of mental derangement. • Mrs. Storer was in the room with him at the time he jumped out, and had only just turned round to pull. the bell for the servant. • MActcutt.;—The industry with which this fish has been lately brought to the London mrket, is wonderful. During the easterly winds open loggers have arrived daily laden with them from Yarmouth and other ports of Norfolk . ; One lugger aEtually made the voyage from Yarmouth to Billinsgat e itt seventeen hours: For the firs: time these amity years some of ihe boats, employed in catching the fish; have also brought them to market. Lzllr REPORT. GOURT PP KING's BENCH, iugE lIT7,GRA tI,D V.'BELL. Mr. PAttlu moved for a Rule to- spew cause why an intbrmation' should .not be filed against the De fendant, for challenging the Plaintiff •to fight- a duel. He then proceeded to state, that the Plain tiff was a Gentleman, possessed of valuable estates in Hampshire, the Defendant was a Surveyor in the same part of the country. The Plaintiff wished to renew a number of his tenants' leases, and em ploye4l the Defendant, as his agent cnd surveyor, allowing him ,a per centage as a compensation for his trouble. His centage, and other incidental ex pences amounted to 4001. The Plaintiff had ad vanced that sum to the Defendant, by paying it to a third person at his .request. In a short time after wards the Defendant sent in another Bill for 14001., which the Plaintiff refused to pay, and referred it to Mr. Pickering, his Attorney, who, on. examining the account, found that the Defendant bad in • se vaeral places charged thirty and forty pounds for leases, where be had only paid the Solicitor nine pounds, and after Mr. Pickering had expunged those. false charges, the bill was reduced to 4001. The Delendan — t at. first denied having received the 4001. but at a subsequent period he acknowledged having received. it. • The Defendant had written • many' letters, and. made many applications' to the Mani-- tiff, which he answered by referring him to Mr. .Pickering.. The Plaintiff was fond of aquatic •ex cursions, and had a barge for the pnrpose, of mak-- Mg excursions round. the We of Wight he was on board his _ batget when _the Defendant, accom panied by A person ,of the name of Cooper, came in a boat along-side, and asked for the Plaintiff, when a friend of the Plaintiff's answered, that he was ia full . possession Vf the circumstances between 'herb, and that - the Plaintiff would not have any thing to do with. him except through his Attorney.. The Defendant then asked, it ,the, Plaintiff would spe4k with 'iv itiettd,..Mr. Cooper ? The Plaintiff answered, from oatchway, that he would nut that Mr. Piikeiing k‘'as a man of honour, and he , would do j( slice to both parties. The Defendant then said, •‘ By your reftr4al to speak to my friend, I am to. inter that you ni-e, a coward, and' I will post you as such. in Winchester, and all the public towns of the county." - The 'Court here interfered, and observed, that Mr. PARKE had very unnecessarily stated all_ the tads of the .case, for the latter part of the statement was quite 'sufficient to induce the Court to grant the rule, which was accordingly granted. • THE KING V. DOHERTY. Mr. MARIUATT applied to the Court to let this cause standovar, until Mr. GARROW, who was Coun sel with him for the Defendant, should be able to attend the Court. - • The ATTORNEY-OENBRAL said be had- no ob jeaion if the Learned Counsel would.' undertake to stop the sale of the book, for he hart been informed that the Defendant still continued his advertise ment in the public newspapers inviting Tersons to become .purchasers of the very book that contained the libel. Mr. MARRIATT observed; he was not aware of that being the case. The book was a mere novel, 'and did nut, contain_.any . liba; he thought it was only the . preface that was deemed libellous by the Prosecutor. Mr. Doherty was nut in ; Court, and he could ; not , undertake to :answer without consult ing him; he would see him / in the evening, and in turni the Court in the morning of the result of the conference, he. did not apprehend ,it would make any material difference to the Court the postponing. it for thi.s day, as .the Lord Chief-Justice was guing to sit at IN'tst Prius. The Court acquiesced, and it was postponed ac cordingly. • John Daly waS brought up, 'on a Corpus, to be discharged, he hawing been committed on the Little-go A6t, on the Motion•of RH ATT, it. being. alledgt2d that the commitment was insuffi cient, the Sitting Magistrate not having, been pro perly described; After , a few observations from Mr. MARR I ATT, for the Prisoner, and Mr. KNAPP, fay the Prose cution— The Court were of opibion, that the commit ment wai sufficiest, :and ordered him to be re-corn mitted. THURSDAY, JUNE 30. BLEWETT V. hARSDEN. M. PARKE moved for a Rule, calling upon the Defendant's Attorney to shew cause why he should not pay the costs of the sham pleading which had been used in this cause, and why the Plaintiff should not be at liberty to sign judgment as-for want of- a plea. He observed, that by long and immemorial pra6tice; certain • pleas bad been used. for the pur poses of delay, and therefore were called sham pleas ; but this case went far beyond the ordinary course, and tended to bring the . records .of the Court into ridicule 'and contempt. The atlion wLas in assurnpsit, . and the. Defendant had pleaded thia the Plaintiff was indebted -to him in more money t,han he claimed . by virtue of a judgment recovered in Ireland.; He then pleaded,that the Plaintiff was also indebted to him in a further sum, by %irtue of a judgment reco vered on the 3d of September last, at the Court of Pie Andre, held in Bartholomew Fair, together with the Costs of the last judgment, amounting to _sppl. - This plea, he observed, must be so notori ously' false, that he hoped the Court would make the Attorney who chewed such eoutenlht of,the records of the Court pay the costs. Lord 41,LENBOROUGH said the-plea was also .sign , ed by Counsel. It was usual to look over the plea to see if it was correct in form before signed. If the Gentleman who - signed this had done so, he was sure itwould;not have had-his siguature.—Rule granted. . , FRIDAY, JULY L. ATTACHMENT The. ATTORNEY GENERAL .applied for a Rule to shew cause why Mr. Richard Pember, an Attorue t y of the Court, should not deliver over to Mr: Francis Braithwaite certain deeds and papers, and also an swer the matters iu the affidavits. He was also in struded to add to this Rule, that Mr. Pernber should attend the Court when the matter came on for dis cussion. The affidavits upon which the motion was 1